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By John McCormick - Dec 4, 2013
The nations youth, a group that twice rallied behind President Barack Obama at the ballot box, is failing to support his signature domestic achievement and increasingly disillusioned with his presidency.
More than half of those 18 to 29 years old say they disapprove of Obamacare and half expect it will increase their health-care costs, a survey by Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics shows. Four in 10 say they anticipate the quality of their coverage will get worse because of the law.
In a finding perhaps even more troubling for the White House, almost half in that age group, the so-called millennials, say theyre unlikely to enroll in insurance through a government exchange, even if eligible. That could put at risk the economics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which needs young, healthy people to enroll in large numbers to offset the costs of caring for older, sicker Americans.
There are very few aspects of the health-care initiative that they approve of, John Della Volpe, the institutes polling director, said today on a conference call. They think quality will decrease, that prices will increase, so its not surprising that has taken a significant hit to the presidents approval rating.
Youth Summit
The survey underscores the challenge as Obama, 52, and his surrogates mount a three-week offensive to try to highlight the 2010 laws benefits. The president will speak today at a White House Youth Summit that aims to help get the word out to young Americans about how to enroll in the program, according to an administration statement.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-04/youth-break-with-president-on-obamacare-support-in-poll.html
Mass
(27,315 posts)communication there concerning the White House, because a number of these people have no coverage at all, so, while I am not thrilled by ACA, how can something be worse than nothing?
In addition, other polls published recently show that young people support the bill and do not want it to be repealed.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/photo/what-to-do-about-obamacare-20131118
http://t.co/sWLozxWCEj
http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/11/19/National-Politics/Polling/question_12492.xml?uuid=tciwvlDXEeOe5iWACG2CVA
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Bandit
(21,475 posts)If they are not already on their parents policy, I doubt many have insurance. They are indestructable you know. They don't see any need for insurance until they get old, you know in their thirties.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)On the positive side, this group doesn't really vote anyways, so the political damage is minimal.
This is why the mandate is necessary.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)The problem with Obamacare isn't its damn website. It's simply that most people still don't understand it. Once they do, I find that support for it goes up considerably. The lack of support is due to non-stop media and Republican bashing and the simple fact that many Americans, and especially young people, still don't have a clue how the law really works.